The Coast to Coast Software Repository (tm), is the largest collection of
MS-DOS and MS-Windows programs on the Internet (over 12,000 files). It
is mirrored by many sites worldwide, and accessible by numerous e-mail
servers for those without ftp access.
The indexes, with descriptions, of all files in the MS-DOS, MS-Windows,
and Windows 95 collections are available in two formats:
Directory SimTel/msdos/filedocs/
Filename Description
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simindex.zip Comma-delim list of all MSDOS files w/descrip.
simlist.zip Text format list of all MSDOS files w/descrip.
Directory SimTel/win3/filedocs/
Filename Description
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simwndex.zip Comma-delim list of all Win3 files w/descrip.
simwnlis.zip Text format list of all Win3 files w/descrip.
Directory SimTel/win95/filedocs/
Filename Description
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simw95dx.zip Comma-delim list of all Win3 files w/descrip.
simw95ls.zip Text format list of all Win3 files w/descrip.
These programs are recommended for viewing and searching the index:
Directory SimTel/msdos/filedocs/
Filename Description
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simdir22.zip Display the SimTel file list (SIMIBM.IDX)
Directory SimTel/win3/filedocs/
Filename Description
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simdir22.zip Display the SimTel file list (SIMIBM.IDX)
simvw25.zip Search/browse/view SimTel's SIMIBM.IDX
simvwdll.zip SDV modules/libraries required for simvw25
Directory SimTel/win95/filedocs/
Filename Description
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simdir22.zip Display the SimTel file list (SIMIBM.IDX)
simvw25.zip Search/browse/view SimTel's SIMIBM.IDX
simvwdll.zip SDV modules/libraries required for simvw25
The Coast to Coast Software Repository (tm), is located on
SimTel.Coast.NET, a host that (for security reasons) does not allow
public access by ftp users, however its files are available by
anonymous ftp in directories /Coast/msdos, /Coast/win3, /Coast/win95,
/Coast/nt, /Coast/os2, /Coast/games/, and /Coast/vendors on Coast to Coast's
primary mirror site FTP.Coast.NET. The file download.inf in
SimTel/msdos/filedocs contains a list of all the secondary mirrors
currently mirroring Coast to Coast.
Coast to Coast files may obtained by e-mail from various ftp-mail servers
or through the BITNET/EARN file servers.
World Wide Web (WWW) users can access Coast to Coast files via these URLs:
http://www.coast.net/SimTel/
ftp://ftp.coast.net/Coast/
CD-ROM copies of the collections are available from Coast to Coast
Telecommunications, Inc., 5850 Dixie Highway Clarkston, MI 48346, U.S.A.,
telephone (800) 900-9960 or (810) 623-6700, or FAX (810) 623-1469.
These CD-ROMs are unabridged copies, which is not true of CD-ROMs sold by
some other vendors which offer only portions of the collections. For
information send e-mail to
[email protected]. To order send e-mail to
[email protected].
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~ Jenifer L. Burke, Archivist E-mail:
[email protected] ~
~ Manager: Coast to Coast Software Repository (tm) ~
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http://www.coast.net OR
ftp://ftp.coast.net login: anonymous ~
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~ "640K ought to be enough for anybody." ~
~ -- Bill Gates, 1981 ~
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